Which Anypoint Platform component is responsible for API management?

The component responsible for API management within the Anypoint Platform is API Manager. This tool is specifically designed to help organizations design, monitor, and secure their APIs. It allows users to define policies for APIs such as authentication, rate limiting, and logging, thereby ensuring that APIs are not only effectively managed but also secure.

API Manager provides comprehensive capabilities to control access to APIs, monitor their usage, and facilitate analytics to understand API performance. It also supports the creation and management of API portals, enabling users to provide well-documented interfaces for developers and clients interacting with the APIs.

Design Center focuses on building API specifications and application design rather than managing them after they are deployed. Runtime Manager is aimed at application deployment and monitoring rather than API-specific management, while Exchange serves as a repository for assets, including APIs, but does not offer management functionalities. Thus, while all these components play important roles in the lifecycle and usability of APIs, API Manager stands out as the dedicated tool for API management tasks.